Technology / A2

KLIK/klɪk/

Click means press a mouse or screen control: click here, click on the link, a double click. It is also a short sharp sound: the door clicked shut. Press is more general (press a button). Clink is glasses touching. Click on is the usual web pattern, not “click in the link”.

Meaning

To press a button on a mouse or phone, or to make a short sharp sound.

Examples

• “Click the link to open the booking form.”
• “Click on the photo to make it larger.”
• “The gate clicked behind us.”

Good to know

click on a link / a double click. Sound: click shut. Contrast: press (any button).

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